Articles

Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view of US President Donald Trump, one way or another, as...

Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider...

Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide

By David Robie Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged...

Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia

By Patrick Decloitre The signing of a new agreement on New Caledonia’s political and financial future has triggered a...

Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US...

Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

By Rachael Nath Securing a nuclear-free region has been a long battle for the Pacific. After the Second World War, the United States, along with its...

Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been ‘squandered’

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders...

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from...

‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks out

By Don Wiseman and Scott Waide A woman who was part of a group kidnapped in Papua New Guinea in February has spoken out after...

French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades later

By Jimmy Ellingham Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and...

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask when covering stories about Māori

ANALYSIS: By Angela Moewaka Barnes, Belinda Borell and Tim McCreanor There is little evidence to suggest Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream news media critically evaluate their...